Letter from Ishkun-Dagan

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 26 July 2014

Letter from Ishkun-Dagan — The cuneiform inscriptions (in the old Akkadian language) on this clay tablet mention "Gutians" as invaders of the Akkadian Empire. The tablet was donated to the British Museum by Dr. N. Corkill in 1930 CE. The site and date of excavation are unknown. Akkadian period, 2250 BCE. From Mesopotamian, Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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